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Maryland
Official State Web Site
mlis.state.md.us
One of the
original 13 states to join the Union (in 1788), Maryland is in the middle of
the Eastern Seaboard. It's believed that Lord Baltimore, who received a
charter for the land in 1632, named the state after Queen Henrietta Maria,
wife of King Charles I. The Mason and Dixon line was drawn in the 1760s to
settle a dispute between the Penn and Calvert families. In addition to
marking the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, it is the
traditional boundary between the North and the South. Maryland is known as
the "Free State"; its flower is the black-eyed susan; and its
capital is Annapolis, home of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Capital
City: |
Annapolis |
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Nickname: |
Old
Line State / Free State |
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Motto: |
Fatti
Maschii Parole Femine |
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Statehood: |
April
28, 1788 (7th) |
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Origin
of State's Name: |
Named
to honor Henrietta Maria, wife of England's King Charles I. |
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Largest
Cities: |
Baltimore,
Columbia, Silver Spring, Dundalk, Wheaton-Glenmont, Ellicott City |
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Border
States: |
Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia |
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Land
Area: |
9,775
sq. mi., 42nd largest |
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State
Bird: |
Baltimore
Oriole |
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State
Flower: |
Black-Eyed
Susan (rudbeckia hirta) |
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State
Tree: |
White
Oak |
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State
Song: |
Maryland,
My Maryland |
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